Motorola V710

creaky case?

May 7, 2005, 3:36 PM

Hi all,

Just got my v710 - so far pretty cool phone. I did notice, however, that the case creaks when I press the keypad. Both mine and my wife's do this. I think I notice this moreso since our LG-VX4400's don't do this. Is this common? Any way to address this or should I just get used to it? 😕

Thanks,
Doug

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DuckSoup

May 7, 2005, 4:20 PM

dogbiskit said:
Hi all,

Just got my v710 - so far pretty cool phone. I did notice, however, that the case creaks when I press the keypad. Both mine and my wife's do this. I think I notice this moreso since our LG-VX4400's don't do this. Is this common? Any way to address this or should I just get used to it? 😕

Thanks,
Doug

The first few weeks that the phone came out last August, this was reported by some. After about two weeks of owning the phone, mine started to do it, but it was only along the bottom keys, or if I pressed the case in that silver area just below those 3 keys. Analysing the situtaion from a side-view, you can see the dark-grey case move in relation to the silver part of the cas...
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dogbiskit

May 9, 2005, 2:40 AM

I took a closer look at the phone and mine also moves along the bottom at the interface between the keypad frame and the speaker cover. But it seems that the annoying creaking is coming from the motion between the battery cover and the keypad frame (caused by holding the phone and pressing the keys). There's a lot more movement on the side opposite the antenna. Looking at the inside of the battery cover, there's a 'clip' on the top corner of the antenna side that secures it to the phone, but on the opposite side, it's towards the middle of the cover (and not as tight). 😕

Oh well. 😢 I'm just a little bummed since it makes it feel like a less solid phone (unlike my vx4400, which was really solid) I wonder if I could lightly 'grea...
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