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That might actually be a reason. The aluminum of my old iPhone 5s chipped on the edges where my hand touched the phone. Same for my MacBook, where the aluminum chipped where I rest the palm of my hand. However all that took some months or years. The homebutton on my S7 edge chipped within a...

If you mean the problem, Sheryl John and I had: that's no scratches! My homebutton didn't have a single scratch. The paint started peeling off by itself. I think there are no white examples since the color isn't available in the US and most users in this forum are Americans (I guess)

@Sheryl John: Sorry, I can't help with that. It's my first ever android device and I have no clue what might solve your problem. I factory resetted mine too before sending it in. But I wanted to set up a new device anyways.

Received my S7 edge yesterday. To my surprise it looks like I got a whole new device! I had two very small scratches on the aluminum frame that I can no longer find. Of course the homebutton is okay now, too. So from my side: I would definitely recommend anyone with this problem to send the...

@Sheryl John: No, not yet. Should be here tomorrow (Friday). Regarding your last post read my last post. Maybe it takes away some of your fear. I would send it back for a repair.

@Rizwan Basir: Thanks for the example but it looks like scratches, not the paint peeling. @Sheryl John: My S7 edge has been repaired and is on its way back to me. Should receive it tomorrow. My carrier made me send it to a third party repair service, partner of the carrier as well as Samsung...

It's up to you but I talked to my carrier and they said I should send it to them so that they can repair it. Unfortunately I only noticed the issue 2 days after the replacement period so I can't have it exchanged either. If I were you, I would talk to the seller and explain the problem and that...

I don't know. I guess nobody does. But do you want to risk it? I'd send it back and have the phone exchanged or repaired. There's definitely a manufacturer fault that I personally can't accept because maybe it will effect the fingerprint reader at some point in the future.

Thanks! I'll let you all know how the repair turned out once I got the phone back again. @TMavC5: Look at my pics in this thread. It seems like there is a layer of paint on top of what may be a plastic layer that protects the fingerprint reader itself. But there is obviously nothing on top of...

Actually yes I am kind of disappointed. I came from an iPhone 6s (after owning the 5s and 4s, all smartphones I ever had were iPhones). Why can't Samsung make the home button from colored (not painted) PVC or glass like apple? Paint is likely to get scratched or peeled off... But in general I am...

Another shot of my home button. If tapatalk doesn't compress the image quality too much, everyone should be able to see the paint peeling off and chipping on the left edge of the button.

@jinzen: Trust me, the paint is chipping. There is nothing else above it, no glass or plastic layer. Since I take care of all of my phones, it has never had contact with a key or somethings like that. It's hard to tell from the picture since tapatalk reduced the quality but in real life you can...

Unfortunately I'm having a problem with the paint on my s7 edge homebutton too. See left edge of the homebutton. The paint is chipping. Contacted my carrier in Germany today and hope they'll replace it. Unfortunately it's 15 days old now, so that I can't simply send it back anymore. But I hope...