Extremely Annoyed...

[_sC]

I agree with you both 100%. I think making the home button a capacitive button, rather than the physical button, would even add functionality to the use of the S-pen (which I love using). I must say though that I like the configuration Samsung has, as compared to the other OEM's because they kept the menu button. I'm still trying to figure out why the "recent apps" button was added to Google's standard, when that could be handled so many different ways. The menu button is something I use for every single app I install. The 3 dot menu thing is still so weird to me.

right back at you. I was confused when google didnt want a Menu button with the galaxy nexus.. the "floating" 3 dot menu button would appear at the top, bottom, corners, all depending on what app you were using. horribly implemented.

since we're on the subject, i don't like the back button being on the left side either.

 

[drexappeal]

right back at you. I was confused when google didnt want a Menu button with the galaxy nexus.. the "floating" 3 dot menu button would appear at the top, bottom, corners, all depending on what app you were using. horribly implemented.

since we're on the subject, i don't like the back button being on the left side either.

Yeah! That was my exact thought. When they added that 3 dot thing, I kept thinking, "...this was what I never liked about iOS. You actually have to search for the menu button, to get to any settings that each app might be."

The back button placement, I don't mind so much, as long as it's there. Menu, Home, and back button are the only ones that trully make "logical" sense to me and Samsung is the only OEM (that I know of) that still have those 3.

 

[frankdogg]

this isn't really a fix, but I think it helps with the wiggle room the home button can have.

I recently put on an iLoome flex protector and the thickness of the protector makes my home button flush with the screen. It doesn't allow much room to wiggle wiggle. this might help those with the loose button issue.

 

[_sC]

this isn't really a fix, but I think it helps with the wiggle room the home button can have.

I recently put on an iLoome flex protector and the thickness of the protector makes my home button flush with the screen. It doesn't allow much room to wiggle wiggle. this might help those with the loose button issue.

thanks for the tip frankdogg.

 

[_sC]

PLEASE post an update when you get your phone back. I am very curious to see if the repair facility actually "fixes" the issue or they just send your phone back to you without addressing the problem. Again, I am really hoping that Samsung eliminates the stupid physical home button completely next year!

well, im back with an update... for those who care:

upon receieving the faulty replacement phone, and before it went for service, I had put in comments on my record why i replaced my original phone, and then put in comments on why i was sending the replacement phone in for service.

so I wait out the 2 weeks, and I get an e-mail telling me my phone is back.. great. I go back to the samsung store, and well guess what, you could probably already guess where this is going, incompetent workers fixed absolutely nothing.

both the home and power button were in the same loose/mushy state. the report from the service said they had replaced the home screen. SCREEN. where in my comments did I even mention screen? sure, maybe he thought the cut out might have been too big causing the moving, but the idiot fixing my phone didn't even think to check if what he had "fixed" was indeed, fixed.

At this point I cannot tell you how pissed I was, immediately demanded a refund, and took my $840 and left.

you would think with your flagship product, there would be a little more care taken with at least the top end products, but nope, why would they care? just another phone to fix for them..

I absolutely refuse to give my money to service like that. It was an expensive phone, It at least needs to feel like so, not a phone with a bunch of flaws.

so until I see a difference in their Quality Control, I now own a Nexus 5. :smokingsomb:

 

[jetguat]

well, im back with an update... for those who care:

upon receieving the faulty replacement phone, and before it went for service, I had put in comments on my record why i replaced my original phone, and then put in comments on why i was sending the replacement phone in for service.

so I wait out the 2 weeks, and I get an e-mail telling me my phone is back.. great. I go back to the samsung store, and well guess what, you could probably already guess where this is going, incompetent workers fixed absolutely nothing.

both the home and power button were in the same loose/mushy state. the report from the service said they had replaced the home screen. SCREEN. where in my comments did I even mention screen? sure, maybe he thought the cut out might have been too big causing the moving, but the idiot fixing my phone didn't even think to check if what he had "fixed" was indeed, fixed.

At this point I cannot tell you how pissed I was, immediately demanded a refund, and took my $840 and left.

you would think with your flagship product, there would be a little more care taken with at least the top end products, but nope, why would they care? just another phone to fix for them..

I absolutely refuse to give my money to service like that. It was an expensive phone, It at least needs to feel like so, not a phone with a bunch of flaws.

so until I see a difference in their Quality Control, I now own a Nexus 5. :smokingsomb:

Guess everybody has their own pet peeves. For the best battery life and display on the planet. I could care less about a tiny wiggle in the home buttom. I f the button functions and is not physically falling off. It's of zero consequence.

I understand that it an apparent deal breaker for you. Hope your nexus 5 serves you well. Did you happen to read up on who happens to make the nexus 5. Last I hear all Google devices came from Samsung or asus.

 

[jhawkkw]

Guess everybody has their own pet peeves. For the best battery life and display on the planet. I could care less about a tiny wiggle in the home buttom. I f the button functions and is not physically falling off. It's of zero consequence.

I understand that it an apparent deal breaker for you. Hope your nexus 5 serves you well. Did you happen to read up on who happens to make the nexus 5. Last I hear all Google devices came from Samsung or asus.

LG has made the last two Nexus phones.

 

[ovrrdrive]

I squinted once and saw a little movement in my home button but honestly I don't use my phone like that in the real world so I could care less.

By the way, why do you type in bold all the time?

My phone is great. I put an otterbox on it and now I can't even see the home button. Sometimes I wonder how people that worry about the small stuff like this even make it through life.

Loosen up.

 

[Digital Controller]

Yeah I'm definitely putting an otterbox on mine once I get it since I will be working on a construction site.

Otherwise, the only experience I have had was pretty good, I just went into Verizon about some speaker issues with my GNex and they replaced the phone, pretty much the same thing, just a speaker that wasn't as bad, still bad since the Nexus line always lacks in good speakers.

 

[_sC]

Yeah I'm definitely putting an otterbox on mine once I get it since I will be working on a construction site.

Otherwise, the only experience I have had was pretty good, I just went into Verizon about some speaker issues with my GNex and they replaced the phone, pretty much the same thing, just a speaker that wasn't as bad, still bad since the Nexus line always lacks in good speakers.

you are correct, all the nexus phones are cheaper for a reason, although i'm content, i don't see myself having this phone for too long. I'll just have to wait and see what else is going to come out.

ah, I hate technology.

I squinted once and saw a little movement in my home button but honestly I don't use my phone like that in the real world so I could care less.

By the way, why do you type in bold all the time?

My phone is great. I put an otterbox on it and now I can't even see the home button. Sometimes I wonder how people that worry about the small stuff like this even make it through life.

Loosen up.

i am loose
please read my whole post, or this one just below.
i cannot just summarize it and say a crooked home button put me off the phone. it was everything else that came after it.

as for the bold, i have a condition with my eye, so its much much easier to read the bold rather than a thin line for font.

Guess everybody has their own pet peeves. For the best battery life and display on the planet. I could care less about a tiny wiggle in the home buttom. I f the button functions and is not physically falling off. It's of zero consequence.

I understand that it an apparent deal breaker for you. Hope your nexus 5 serves you well. Did you happen to read up on who happens to make the nexus 5. Last I hear all Google devices came from Samsung or asus.

sure, the home button problem erk'd me, but you have to understand, getting a replacement phone with even more problems, (i didnt mention the "hard to eject s pen" that also came with the replacement phone), and the overall experience (no proper repair was done, after the ridiculous 2 week wait) is what drove me up the wall.

please don't summarize this as just 1 problem with the home button. it was a domino effect, and it seriously turned me off.

i will say this, note 3 is easily still the best phone i've ever owned. too bad things panned out the way they did.

 

[BlueBiker]

as for the bold, i have a condition with my eye, so its much much easier to read the bold rather than a thin line for font.

Not to threadjack, but can you set a default bold and/or larger font to make it easier for you to read all text, not just your own posts? That should be straightforward on a desktop or mobile device viewing this forum through a web browser, but I don't know how well the AndroidForums mobile app supports custom fonts. (This paragraph in Arial Black)

 

[Digital Controller]

Not to threadjack, but can you set a default bold and/or larger font to make it easier for you to read all text, not just your own posts? That should be straightforward on a desktop or mobile device viewing this forum through a web browser, but I don't know how well the AndroidForums mobile app supports custom fonts. (This paragraph in Arial Black)

I know he could go into the Settings and change the font size on his device which should change everything on his phone.