Anyone else NOT having light leakage by the capacitive buttons?

[cheebahawk1]

The light leakage on urs is really bad. Most ppl have it but only noticeable If u look at the Evo from top down. There is something wrong with urs.

Take it back.

 

[caveman663]

again, no light bleed here either

 

[ChaosShadow]

Oh wow... that's some major light leakage. I would take it back to the Sprint store. Mine doesn't do this at all

 

[CoryBantic]

exchange it!

 

[anon(23236)]

Here's mine

 

[JohnnyKat]

Happy to report I don't see anything here!

 

[boston_ant]

I just got back from Sprint and they are going to do an exchange. The rep did admit that that amount of leakage on to the screen was unusual. They were sold out at the moment but said I should receive a call to come back in the next couple of days to pick up my new Evo.

 

[kellte2]

I had no leakage for the first two nights, but today I noticed it. This was after I left it in my car glove compartment when I was at the gym. So to all those who proudly don't have it, don't be sure that that status will last. It seems like it is a problem with the adhesive.

We might all be joining the caulk club eventually.

 

[eyecon82]

did you try to see if your 2 bottom screws were loose?

 

[Dave650]

This is exactly what mine is like. The glass is raised up ever so slightly in the bottom left corner and if I press it back down, the light leakage goes away for a couple of seconds until the glass rises back up again. It is strange.

anyone else have this issue? Wondering if that is what's causing the light leakage on all the Evos with the problem, the screen being lifted up.

 

[DougDarden]

I'm happy to report that the 'Proaud-Caulk-Technique' works like a charm. And by 'like a charm' I mean, 100% perfect. Zero light leakage. None. Zip. Awesome. Here are proaud's instructions...

I picked up a small tube of black silicone caulk. I took the smallest amount i could get on the tip of my finger (about the size of a grain of rice) and massaged the caulk all the way around the screen in the tiny gap between the screen and the bezel. It completely filled in the crack and now i dont have any light leakage at all!! By using the silicone caulk, the excess wiped off without any issue leaving caulk only between the screen and bezel.

I used a micro fiber cloth to wipe off the screen when I was done.

I bought the silicone from my local hardware store for $5. They had plenty of small tubes with white caulk, but only one big 10 oz. tube of black silicone. I used GE Premium Waterproof Black Silicone (UPC 077027050301). Kind of silly to buy such a big tube considering how little caulk I actually used. Seriously, I've got enough caulk in that one tube for to fix everyone's light leakage twice over.

Before using it on the Evo, I tested it on a worthless old black flip phone. It has the same shiny black plastic as the Evo. Smearing it all over the guinea-pig phone, my fears were put to rest. After applying the silicone, I wiped it away quickly, and it disappeared without a trace. The phone looked like I'd never touched it. On to the Evo...

Admittedly, I was nervous even after the test. I can't stress enough how *little* caulk I actually used on the Evo. Proaud used, "about the size of a grain of rice." I used maybe half that. Maybe. I only applied the caulk to the bottom of the phone, between the screen and bezel, since that was the only place with leakage. (See my earlier posts with pictures of the leakage.) I used a microfiber cloth to wipe away the excess caulk without problem. I turned off the lights and presto! No leakage.

For the record, I could have easily lived with the light leakage. It really wasn't that big of a deal to me. It's kind of funny that I went to the trouble considering my previous phone. I'm coming to the Evo from a release day Sprint Pre that had more oreo-twisting, dead pixels, and cracked plastic around the USB port than you can shake a stick at. Seriously, the rock solid hardware of the Evo makes my old Pre look like it was made by Fisher-Price. I guess my OCD, inner-nerd took over and wanted my glorious new Evo to be 'perfect'.

Thanks to proaud, it's pretty darn close. Kudos for the genius/insane idea of using caulk on the Evo. It works.

- Doug

PS: Here are some before and after pics. (And, yes, I did feel silly taking a picture of no light leakage, but I couldn't resist!)

Pic 1 - Before. Light leakage at bottom.

Pic 2 - After. No leakage!

Pic 3 - Evo in the light after caulking. No caulk visible.

 

[Dave650]

I'm happy to report that the 'Proaud-Caulk-Technique' works like a charm. And by 'like a charm' I mean, 100% perfect. Zero light leakage. None. Zip. Awesome. Here are proaud's instructions...



I bought the silicone from my local hardware store for $5. They had plenty of small tubes with white caulk, but only one big 10 oz. tube of black silicone. I used GE Premium Waterproof Black Silicone (UPC 077027050301). Kind of silly to buy such a big tube considering how little caulk I actually used. Seriously, I've got enough caulk in that one tube for to fix everyone's light leakage twice over.

Before using it on the Evo, I tested it on a worthless old black flip phone. It has the same shiny black plastic as the Evo. Smearing it all over the guinea-pig phone, my fears were put to rest. After applying the silicone, I wiped it away quickly, and it disappeared without a trace. The phone looked like I'd never touched it. On to the Evo...

Admittedly, I was nervous even after the test. I can't stress enough how *little* caulk I actually used on the Evo. Proaud used, "about the size of a grain of rice." I used maybe half that. Maybe. I only applied the caulk to the bottom of the phone, between the screen and bezel, since that was the only place with leakage. (See my earlier posts with pictures of the leakage.) I used a microfiber cloth to wipe away the excess caulk without problem. I turned off the lights and presto! No leakage.

For the record, I could have easily lived with the light leakage. It really wasn't that big of a deal to me. It's kind of funny that I went to the trouble considering my previous phone. I'm coming to the Evo from a release day Sprint Pre that had more oreo-twisting, dead pixels, and cracked plastic around the USB port than you can shake a stick at. Seriously, the rock solid hardware of the Evo makes my old Pre look like it was made by Fisher-Price. I guess my OCD, inner-nerd took over and wanted my glorious new Evo to be 'perfect'.

Thanks to proaud, it's pretty darn close. Kudos for the genius/insane idea of using caulk on the Evo. It works.

- Doug

PS: Here are some before and after pics. (And, yes, I did feel silly taking a picture of no light leakage, but I couldn't resist!)

Pic 1 - Before. Light leakage at bottom.

Pic 2 - After. No leakage!

Pic 3 - Evo in the light after caulking. No caulk visible.

your final pic shows the glass being up higher than it should be

pretty sure this whole thing is an adhesive problem

maybe we shouldnt be worried about how the light looks but worry about the glass coming off

 

[akarol]

Wow, I will try that method. I have the same amount of leakage as your first picture. Glad to see it worked out.

<Not willing to send my EVO for a replacement as it's flawless outside of this and I meticulously installed BG full-body shield on it already.

 

[orlandojumpoff]

i have it from the top angle which is normal i think... and no problem on bottom. sucks that you have it, but at least it's in the first week.

 

[kellte2]

This thing definitely is an adhesive issue as my phone didn't exhibit it on day one, but here we are 5 days later and it is rearing its head. Switching out now isn't going to do anything for you since you will likely get a unit with the same thing eventually. Insurance or bust, I suppose.

 

[DougDarden]

your final pic shows the glass being up higher than it should be

pretty sure this whole thing is an adhesive problem

maybe we shouldnt be worried about how the light looks but worry about the glass coming off

Yep, you are right. Below the home button, the plastic is raised ever-so-slightly above the bezel. You really have to look closely to tell (or take a zoomed in macro-level picture of it ). On the search button side, it is not raised over the bezel. It's got to be an adhesive problem.

Check out the picture below from the iFixit teardown that dpmurr found and posted in another thread. I bet the thin strip of adhesive being pulled up in the bottom left corner is the culprit.

So far, so good with the caulk fix.

- Doug

 

[wimaxswell]

This thing definitely is an adhesive issue as my phone didn't exhibit it on day one, but here we are 5 days later and it is rearing its head. Switching out now isn't going to do anything for you since you will likely get a unit with the same thing eventually. Insurance or bust, I suppose.

I second this. My phone had no bleed when I bought it, now the bottom left side is slowly starting to pull up. I wonder if being in my pocket has twisted the frame just enough to cause this? I don't know..but I suspect we will be seeing more and more evo's with this issue.

The Question is will HTC and Sprint do anything about it?

Oh and i'm new here...hi.

 

[feet]

sorry if this has already been mentioned, but a poster on another forum mentioned that removing the back cover and tightening the bottom two screws SLIGHTLY with a tiny screwdriver solved his light leakage issues below the capacitive buttons. I havent tried this yet, but will when i find a screwdriver that small.

thats very interesting because i dont think i had the leakage before i dropped mine. afterwards it seemed to flex a tiny bit and its possible that will fix both issues.
but the again the tiny bit of flex might be good if its dropped again?

 

[rockcrawler]

Here's mine

I would take that in for an exchange.

 

[rockcrawler]

Sorry for the fuzziness (pics were taken with my old phone's camera)

So are we saying that this is normal?

(Phone was in normal light conditions... it is the same either way though)

I would take yours in as well, these are not normal.