Help Is my volume button normal?

[cluelessnoob]

Hey guys I'm totally new to smart phones in general, as my name would imply, and went with the Optimus V as my first choice.

Anyway to get to the issue, my volume buttons on the right side, the up volume is perfect and fairly easy to press. But the down volume on the other hand is a bit hard to press (although I CAN press it if I push on it hard/directly enough). Now, I found if I take off the battery cover it's just as easily pressed as the up volume.

So the problem lies with the height of the back cover compared to the height of the down volume button I guess? But the down volume button does get quite a bit skinnier. So am I just nitpicking here, should I take it to trade in since I just bought it, or would they all be this way? Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[TVCCS]

It's the design of the phone...the volume down button is shallower, to provide a tactile difference of up and down on the rocker. Changing V's won't change the design.

 

[digitaljeannie]

I wonder if ordering a new battery door may help the issue. You can usually find OEM parts on eBay.

 

[cluelessnoob]

Right on, thanks for the quick reply! Its definitely tolerable since I can actually press it, I'm just a bit of a perfectionist at times hahah. And digitaljeannie thanks for the suggestion! I will check that out for sure.

 

[DCBlueStar]

Man, when I saw this post I was thinking you had the same problem as me... lol... oh well... yours seems easier to cope with.

My back button was working the volume, and my volume button was working my back button.

Pain in the butt!

 

[cluelessnoob]

DCBlueStar sorry for the late reply on my part! That seems to have been an issue I've read about. You should take your phone to get it replaced. I didn't even wait to return my phone with the minor annoyance and the 'bro' at Radio Shack tried to convince me I should "keep it for 3 or 4 more days and see if it fixes itself" and I told him it was like that when I got it, I don't really think its going to just pop out into place. So I called Virgin Mobile in the store and the guy's attitude changed IMMEDIATELY. When I looked up from dialing he already had a box in his hands hahahahaha but long story short I got it replaced and the button was completely better.