Power Button CRACK? Check your phone!!

[Vetdoctor]

BTW, have anyone noticed this: when I power down the phone, I have to wait about 30 seconds to be able to boot it back on. I have also noticed that if connected to the charger, it won't turn back on unless disconnected first. Have never had this happen on any smartphone before.

Ditto your comments

 

[s-one]

So which one goes out first... the power button to unlock the screen every time or the usb port? :O

 

[AndroidOne]

yep...i have noticed that as well

Ditto your comments

Good is not only mine, wonder if this is a design "feature" - don't know for what purpose though.

Never experienced this with any of my prior smartphones.

 

[jpena53]

I have one too hard for a few days now. It was hard to notice. Ill post a picture when I have the time.

 

[FractalSphere]

Yes I had that issue also if i really want it to cut back on i just pull the battery and put it back.

** OR just do soft resets... bye holding the power button and pressing volume up and down repeatedly(fast)

Yeah, I had the same issue
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-evo-4g/17988-having-issues-turning-my-evo.html

..and the final result for me is that the Evo turns off the screen before it's done shutting down all the services and powering off the CPU. Give it 10-15-20 seconds and powering on should be no issue. Longer than that, and it's locked up somehow and the battery pull is necessary.

 

[sprintgirl]

I have a gel silicon case that I have had on mine since day 1, no crack here and I flash zips all day long every day in addition to normal use. It seems judging by your poll less than 3% of phones are affected by this issue. Perhaps it has to do with the temperature/cooling of the plastic during production and less to do with wear and tear.

 

[azkevman]

When this thread was originally posted I did not have any cracking near the power button. However I just noticed today that I now have a hairline crack in the bezel which extends from the left-bottom opening for the power button out to the opening for the speaker mesh. I will post pics when I can.

 

[lukain13]

Hey guys. Well I also have power button crack. I got mines on the 4th too. Included a pic...


http://i50.tinypic.com/2hrhcie.jpg

 

[dwaynewilliams#WN]

Thank goodness ido.t have any if those issues yet. Hopefully I won't get them at all. I have to say that this is a magnificently made device. I am loving it. Absolutely loving it.

 

[azkevman]

Hey guys. Well I also have power button crack. I got mines on the 4th too. Included a pic...


http://i50.tinypic.com/2hrhcie.jpg

That is exactly identical to the crack on my evo. Now to see if best buy will take care of this.

I also wonder if more people have this problem and just don't notice because it is so hard to see, or are using a case...

 

[Ottoa2000]

I have the same exact crack as the picture also except for I have two cracks, one on each side of the power button.

 

[azkevman]

I have the same exact crack as the picture also except for I have two cracks, one on each side of the power button.

Ouch! Two cracks would seem that the piece in the middle would fall out eventually.

Has anyone returned their EVO yet due to this cracking?

 

[irock1985]

** Re-posting to re-open the poll** I noticed a few days ago that I have a hairline crack on the left side of my power button to the front of the screen. Today I checked my buddies phone and he has the same exact crack! So check your phones and let me know... Trying to find out how common this is...

Vote yes or no so we can see how common this is

Here's an example taken from lukain13's post

http://i50.tinypic.com/2hrhcie.jpg

**Also if any mods are looking at this could you delete my other post and just leave this one up

 

[tomh1102]

What is the point of doing this poll again???

The last post found that 97% out of 170 total votes did not experience this and now once again so far 90% are reporting the same results.

This is clearly not a common issue.

 

[azkevman]

What is the point of doing this poll again???

The last post found that 97% out of 170 total votes did not experience this and now once again so far 90% are reporting the same results.

This is clearly not a common issue.

Clearly the point is to see if more users are experiencing the issue now compared to when originally posted.

Just because you are not interested in it does not make the post pointless.

 

[judoka209]

I have the exact same crack as the picture that was posted. I noticed it today. I tried recalling if I had dropped my phone but I have not. I use the HTC leather case and a screen protector. That is it. Not sure how the crack gets there if it will have any lasting effects.

 

[azkevman]

Stopped in at BB today and they have no problem replacing my device due to the crack.....problem is no BB in town have any stock.

 

[irock1985]

Clearly the point is to see if more users are experiencing the issue now compared to when originally posted.

Just because you are not interested in it does not make the post pointless.

Thank You azkevman - and yes i reopened it to allow for people who are now noticing it. Also i changed it to be an indefinite poll

 

[organix]

I just noticed it...that sucks. A month of use and I have a crack and dust under the screen. By the way, I really really take good care of my stuff.

 

[deetman]

Just got back from my local Sprint store with this exact issue, unfortunately they won't have any replacements until tomorrow.

At first the rep called it physical damage and that they couldn't do anything. Luckily I looked at their two display units while I was waiting and noticed that one of them had the exact same hairline crack. Upon questioning the rep about how the display unit had the exact same issue as me if it was my own fault, he was quite surprised to see the same issue. He brought a tech out to look at it, to which the tech called it a "weak point" and said they'd exchange it as soon as they got some more Evo's in.

To sum up, if you have this issue and want an exchange and the Sprint store is claiming that it is physical damage, check their display units in store. I probably got lucky with this but definitely check.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this IS an issue with a number of EVOs, probably a small number and dependent on how the power button is pressed. HTC could have eliminated this issue by simply making the power button stick out just a bit more so that it would take less force on the phone casing to press it.